Electric Six - Fire CD

It's almost impossible to dislike Fire. After all, the Electric Six are the most exciting band to come tumbling out of Detroit since Kiss. Sporting grimy leisure suits and hilarious stage names (the guitarists are known only as Surge Joebot and the Rock and Roll Indian), the ragtag group comes up with a deliriously catchy disco trash sound on its smart, hyperactive debut. Studio 54 horns mingle anxiously with AC/DC-influenced garage riffs while frontman Dick Valentine rants maniacally over jerky, suggestive punk-funk songs such as "Gay Bar" and "I'm the Bomb". Plus, rumour suggests that single "Danger! High Voltage" features The White Stripes' Jack White on backing vocals and, less plausibly, Bill Clinton on saxophone. How cool is that?